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SD40-2 785

 

 

SD40-2

CP 785

 

 

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CP 785 AT SMITHS FALLS, ON.

 

Built by : EMD

Built in : 1974

Serial Number : 73695-11

Class : DRF-30

Paint Scheme : CP Rail Dual Flags

This Photo : Bill Sanderson, 1994

 

Other Photos (chronological) :

1. SOO 785 at Minneapolis, MN., painted in the SOO Red/White "Paralellogram" paint scheme. Photo by Jim Shepard, 1979. From the Bill sanderson collection;

2. SOO 785 at St. Paul, MN., painted in the SOO Red/White paint scheme. Photo by Dan Poitras, 1990. From the Bill Sanderson collection

3. FWDX 003 at Winnipeg, MB., painted silver/green, lettered Tractive Power TP56. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2018;

4. FWDX 003 at Winnipeg, MB., painted silver/green, lettered Tractive Power TP56. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2018;

5. FWDX 003 at Winnipeg, MB., painted silver/green, lettered Tractive Power TP56. Photo by A. Ross Harrison, 2018.

 

Paint Data : SOO Red/White "Paralellogram" > SOO Red/White > CP Rail Dual Flags

 

Notes : Built by EMD as SOO #785 (10/1974). Fitted with dynamic brakes (1989). Acquired by CP (1991), repainted and renumbered to CP #785 (12/1993). Sold to General Electric (2/2002), became PWSX #785. Converted by Curry Rail Services to Tractive Power Corp.TP-56 Industrial Switcher #FWDX 003 (1/2016).

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